How do I fix Siri's voice recognition on my iPhone 12 mini?

Hi Zachyy. Thanks for responding so quickly. My device (iphone 12 mini) with the latest iOS update does not seem to have ‘Talk and Type’. Instead it has a Talk to Siri:

‘hey Siri’

or ‘hey Siri ‘ and ‘Siri’

or OFF.

along with a switch for

‘press side button for Siri’.

Separately, Type to Siri on my device is also Boolean (on or off) but it’s related to whether side button Siri is enabled (above).

so I wish my user interface would match what you describe but it does not.

Perhaps I should disable the side button. Then off/on as you describe. I’ll try that and get back to you.

I see now. Turning Talk to Siri, Off then On activates the reset. Logically and functionally that part made sense. But visually I was confused by the layout.

I was an early adapting Mac user, and just defaulted to looking for GUI elements, but instead it’s all text (except the side button)😑 what the current UI inclined me think was on/off only enabled me to choose one or the other selection. Like On = I want to choose between those two or Off = I don’t want to choose between those two, just give me defaults (I admit to overthinking). With its current layout and no GUI, it didn’t look to my eyes like a master switch.

Thank you @lobsterghost1 and @Zachyy I appreciate the redirect.

So I managed to reset Siri but it’s still slow to respond and doesn’t even hear me many many times. It’s frustrating.